Former University of Minnesota quarterback Philip Nelson transfers to Rutgers

5:56 PM,
Jan. 29, 2014

Former Minnesota quarterback Philip Nelson.

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The Rutgers football team will not play its first Big Ten game until Sept. 14, but it already has its first bit of Big Ten experience courtesy of Philip Nelson.

The former University of Minnesota starting quarterback said Wednesday afternoon that he is transferring to Rutgers, where he will have to sit out the coming season per NCAA rules before joining a competition that could be varying degrees of open depending on the next 12 months.

"The Big Ten is an elite conference, and (after) getting two years of experience in it I can really help out this team with what the Big Ten is about," Nelson said. ...